Bearcats leave for trip to Bahamas

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The UC men's basketball team departed Tuesday morning for a six-day trip to the Bahamas.

During their stay Aug. 12-17, the Bearcats will face a Bahamian professional basketball team, conduct an intrasquad scrimmage and gain more practice time.

UC will take on the PJ Stingers at Nassau's 2,500-seat Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium on August 15 at 7 p.m. ET. The game will not be televised. The Bearcats will return to the same venue the following morning to conduct an intrasquad scrimmage beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

The Bearcats started practicing during the week of July 28 in preparation for the trip. NCAA rules allow for 10 days of practice prior to departure.

College teams are allowed one foreign trip every four academic years according to the NCAA. Cincinnati's last trip outside the United States came in 2010 when the Bearcats traveled to Ottawa, Canada, for contests with McGill, Carleton and the University of Ottawa.